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Six Common Culprits For Pandemic Weight Gain
Tips and tricks to stop those pandemic pounds (and kilos) from piling up.
Have you been avoiding stepping on the scale, or donning your old jeans? You’re in good company. Many of us are struggling to flatten our own pandemic curve — on measured in pounds (or kilos).
In a poll of more than 1,000 U.S. readers of WebMD, nearly half of the women and almost one-quarter of the men said they’d gained weight “due to COVID restrictions.” Around a third of respondents gained a fiver, while a fifth (21%) qualified for the playfully dubbed “quarantine fifteen” or “COVID nineteen”. A poll of 900 international readers found similar results — more than half of men and about a third of women reported weight gain.
Why are we gaining weight?
Pandemic life has created a perfect storm for non-essential eating (eating beyond our physiological needs), by changing our food environment, our emotions, and our mindset. Unsurprisingly, this extra eating is showing up on the scale.
Diet or exercise? This article focuses on the kitchen, because this is where we…
